The State of Jazz Composition SymposiumMicrotonal Research with Dave Fiuczynski

Wednesday / April 23, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.

Red Room at Cafe 939

939 Boylston Street

Boston

Massachusetts

United States

02115

David Fiuczynski's FLAM! Pan-Asian MicroJam for J Dilla and Olivier Messiaen is the result of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. This composition incorporates microtonal birdsong-based melodies, J Dilla-inspired hip-hop beats, and traditional Chinese, Indian, and Turkish melodic and rhythmic elements. At the concert, audience members will see various birds on a video screen, hear their bird calls, and listen as those sounds are interwoven into the music. Professor Fiuczynski will demonstrate how microtonal bird calls can be organized into microtonal chord scales for soloing, comping, and composition.